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From: David White
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I have a nonprofit client that needs a layer-3 switch. We're thinking about
purchasing a new Cisco SG-200-18 from Amazon (currently at $220), but since
they're a nonprofit and don't have a whole lot of money, I have an email
out to one of the board members to see if he can get us a switch with the
same functionality.
... or I thought I'd reach out to you guys to see if anyone has anything
laying around they'd be willing to see cheaper or donate to the nonprofit.
Thanks,
David
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From: Mike Harrison
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I have a 24 port 3com SuperStack II 10/100 switch you can have, free.
But the SG-200-18 is a very good switch for $220-ish.
For < $75, these are pretty good:
http://www.amazon.com/Netgear-ProSafe-16-Port-Ethernet-Desktop/dp/B000063UZW/
Although I thought to be a non-profit you had to have a random collection
of 4/5 port switches all daisy chained together.

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From: David White
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Hah! Thanks for the offer. They probably don't "need" gbps since this is
going to serve a lab VLAN that will only provide internet access (and not
access to network resources) but o know they'd prefer it. I will check out
the specs on that and, considering its free, they might be interested! If
so, I'm sure they could write you an in-kind equipment donation receipt for
tax purposes...

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From: Kenneth Ratliff
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Get a Cisco 3550 off of ebay. They're usually below $100 these days. If
all you need is 100mb and no ipv6, they're a solid, solid buy. Any 3550
can be changed to a L3 switch just by changing the IOS image, and if you
get one that doesn't already have a L3 image on it, I'll be happy to
supply you with one. They're robust, they'll run whatever ipv4 protocol
you want save ISIS, and do it well. They're also pretty easy to configure,
if you've got someone with CCNA knowledge, they can probably get it up and
running.
One caveat - do *not* buy a PoE switch. To date, I have purchased 8 3550's
off of ebay. 3 of them were PoE switches. Up until 2 weeks ago, I had a
spare 3550 that I probably would have been happy to donate to you, until
my last 3550 PoE switch died. All 5 of non-PoE 3550's have been humming
along nice and steady for years now.

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From: Mike Harrison
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Sounds like a Chugalug Range Day: Geeks, Guns and Gear..
And like Dave said: It's junk gear, but it works and it's free..
In fear of sounding like Aaron, I need a clean out the garage/office junk
sale day..